North Lochside News Today

THE CLASSIC motor show is set to return in June in what is its 40th anniversary. The popular event will take place at the Clickimin in Lerwick during the first...

A LERWICK woman who drove with no licence and while under the influence of either drink or drugs has been disqualified and fined. Jessica Richards, of...

A YOUNG woman from Tingwall has lost her licence after admitting driving in Lerwick last month with more than three times the legal limit for alcohol in her blood. Erica Lines was stopped by police at North Lochside in Lerwick due to the manner of her driving. Lerwick Sheriff...

A MAN from Aberdeenshire appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court in private on Wednesday accused of assault to injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment. Euan Faithfull, 24, made no plea and was committed for further examination. He was released on bail. A MAN who shouted and...

A WOMAN from Lerwick has been placed under supervision for 12 months for shoplifting. Jessica Richards, of North Lochside, had the community payback order imposed when she appeared from custody at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday. A warrant to apprehend the 32-year-old was put...

In February 1939 there was an unofficial strike by bricklayers and labourers at the North Lochside council house scheme. One of the strike leaders was Pat Darcy. I would like to know where he came from, and what happened to him afterwards. I understand that he may have come back...

PART of the North Lochside road in Lerwick will be closed from 9am on Wednesday (5 July) to 5pm on Friday 21 July to allow Scottish Water to undertake repairs to a collapsed sewer. The closure will cover the stretch of road between Bruce Crescent and the Grantfield roundabout....

A “DRUNKEN prank gone wrong” involving lighting aerosol can spray which burned a sleeping party-goer on the arm has resulted in a man being ordered to pay £1,000 compensation. David Sandison, of Lerwick’s North Lochside, was also fined £450 when he appeared at the...

A Lerwick man who burnt his sleeping friend in a drunken prank has been ordered to pay him £1,000 compensation.

A MAN from Whalsay has had his sentence deferred for good behaviour after admitting shouting, swearing, berating and laughing derisively at his estranged wife. Rudi Meier, of North Park, admitted at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday to behaving in a threatening or abusive...